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intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty

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intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty
Orthopedics A minimally-invasive procedure used to manage severe low-back pain due to degenerative disk disease caused by damaged intervertebral disks where a wire is guided around the vertebral body, then heated to 90º for up to 15 mins–shrinking collagen fibers and destroying pain receptors Results Improved functionality, sexual activity, QOL. See Low back pain.


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Two new procedures that can significantly reduce disk-related sources of chronic low back pain are intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty and nucleoplasy.
Two new procedures that can significantly reduce disk-related sources of chronic low back pain are intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty and nucleoplasy.
 
 
 
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